The USS Guantanamo

Obama's prison for terrorists is the U.S. Navy.

Updated June 23, 2014 7:23 p.m. ET

No way, no how will President Obama send a terrorist to Guantanamo Bay. But how about a few weeks on a Navy warship to chat with U.S. interrogators without a Miranda warning? Welcome aboard the President's floating not-so-secret prison.

The newest passenger is Ahmed Abu Khattala. A week ago Sunday the Army's Delta Force captured the leader of the Islamist militia believed to have attacked U.S. diplomatic compounds in Benghazi in 2012. The Administration ruled out a transfer to Gitmo and a military trial for Mr. Khattala,...